26 So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; (A)the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.

27 Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, (B)in the land of Goshen. (C)And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. (D)So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.

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